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... YORK RR , Savage Station June 29 Petersburg PENINSULAR CAMPAIGN , 1862 10 15 miles Rappahannock River May 5 Williamsburg Yorktown Harrison's Landing James River Apr. 5 -May 3 Fortress Monroe : Hampton Roads : withdrew southwards from ...
... YORK RR , Savage Station June 29 Petersburg PENINSULAR CAMPAIGN , 1862 10 15 miles Rappahannock River May 5 Williamsburg Yorktown Harrison's Landing James River Apr. 5 -May 3 Fortress Monroe : Hampton Roads : withdrew southwards from ...
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... York and its tributary the Pamunkey to the north . Fortress Monroe at the eastern tip of the peninsula , which the Union had held since war began , was some seventy miles from Richmond , the Confederate capital . There seemed a certain ...
... York and its tributary the Pamunkey to the north . Fortress Monroe at the eastern tip of the peninsula , which the Union had held since war began , was some seventy miles from Richmond , the Confederate capital . There seemed a certain ...
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... York , and his advance guard had reached the Susquehanna river opposite Harrisburg , the Pennsylvania state capital . Longstreet's and Hill's corps were in or near Chambersburg , further to the south - west . But the deep penetration ...
... York , and his advance guard had reached the Susquehanna river opposite Harrisburg , the Pennsylvania state capital . Longstreet's and Hill's corps were in or near Chambersburg , further to the south - west . But the deep penetration ...
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